CONTENTS
ANALYSIS 06 Macedonia’s Track Record of Macroeconomic Stability 10 Engaged Employees Serve Customers Better
A conversation with AmCham Guest Speaker, GeGe Beall Interview with Alexander Tieman, IMF Resident Representative to Macedonia 2009-2013
12 Keeping Pace with Rapid Legal Change 15 Many of the Country’s Largest Companies Required to List on
the Stock Exchange
17 Interested Party Transactions and Minority Shareholder
Protection Deadlines
18 Recent Labor Law Changes Mean More Paperwork and 20 Macedonian Renewable Energy Trends and Expectations 22 Skills-based Volunteerism 25 PAST EVENTS
AmCham Conference: Exploring Opportunities to Advance
Business-University Cooperation Rights Enforcement and Education in Macedonia Implications
29 AmCham’s 6th Annual IPR Conference: Intellectual Property 31 AmCham Info Session on Mandatory Listing Process & 32 AmCham Member List 33 AmCham Advantage Program 34 New Members
Emerging Macedonia is a quarterly publication of AmCham Macedonia. No reproduction of any materials published in Emerging Macedonia is permitted without the explicit written permission of AmCham Macedonia. The articles in the magazine express the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of AmCham Macedonia, its members, board of directors or staff. While AmCham Macedonia makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all published information, AmCham Macedonia is not responsible for errors or omissions. The magazine is available on our web site: www.amcham.com.mk
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